Shortly after construction of motor sailing yacht Flevo had started, the yard decided to build a sister ship at its own expense: Trio. A buyer for the yacht soon emerged, the Frenchman Jean M. Frankel, but he proposed several major changes to the design that greatly lengthened the construction time. After a trial run behind the shipyard Trio left Aalsmeer for Rotterdam, and from there transported to Marseille on board the MS Leiderkerk.